trailing republican terri lynn land by three points. look at this from the same poll. gary peters may be down by three against the republican candidate, but there is a democratic skewed issue headed for the ballot in michigan that s not only leading, it s leading by 24 points. the polling in michigan is 60-36 in favor of raising the minimum wage. everybody says this year that senate candidates and congressional candidates are all keeping their distance from president obama this year. that no democrat wants to do a campaign event with him. this week, there was gary peters with president obama coming down the steps of air force one in michigan. and what issue was the subject of the gary peters/barack obama campaign rally in michigan? it was really 100% all about the issue of the minimum wage. and the president could not have been happier to talk about it. before i came here today, i stopped at zingerman s which is
is an open seat. the seat carl levin is retiring from. it s going to be a hard seat for democrats to hold. this michigan polling from february shows gary peters trailing republican terri lynn land by three points. look at this from the same poll. gary peters may be down by three against the republican candidate, but there is a democratic skewed issue headed for the ballot in michigan that s not only leading, it s leading by 24 points. the polling in michigan is 60-36 in favor of raising the minimum wage. everybody says this year that senate candidates and congressional candidates are all keeping their distance from president obama this year. that no democrat wants to do a campaign event with him. this week, there was gary peters with president obama coming down the steps of air force one in michigan. and what issue was the subject of the gary peters/barack obama campaign rally in michigan? it was really 100% all about the issue of the minimum wage. and the president could not have been
terri lynn land s senate race. what they already know with land, insurance companies will be able to deny you coverage when you get sick. women s access to preventative health care would be cut. he knows we can t go back to letting insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions and kick people off their coverage when they get sick. that s why braley says protecting the middle class comes first. north carolina can count on kay hagan. she protects my medicare and social security. forces insurance companies to cover cancer and other pre-existing conditions. i ve reed that speaker thom tillis sides with insurance companies. he let insurance companies deny coverage if i get sick. thom tillis, what about us? those are ads running this cycle from a pro-democratic pac called the senate majority pac. well today, as he celebrated his signature health care law, meeting and exceeding expectations in its implementation, president obama made the case forcefully in a
terri lynn land s senate race. what they already know with land, insurance companies will be able to deny you coverage when you get sick. women s access to preventative health care would be cut. he knows we can t go back to letting insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions and kick people off their coverage when they get sick. that s why braley says protecting the middle class comes first. north carolina can count on kay hagan. she protects my medicare and social security. forced insurance companies to cover cancer and other pre-existing conditions. i ve reed that speaker thom tillis sides with insurance companies. he let insurance companies deny coverage if i get sick. thom tillis, what about us? those are ads running this cycle from a pro-democratic pac called the senate majority pac. well today, as he celebrated his signature health care law, meeting and exceeding expectations in its implementation, president obama
i found out i only have a 20% chance of surviving. my insurance was canceled because of obamacare. now the out of pocket costs are so high, it s unaffordable. if i do not receive my medication, i will die. that is almost certainly one of the most effective political ads of the cycle so far. there are some problems with it which we ll detail in a moment. the ad was produced by americans for prosperity, the dark money group funded by the koch brothers in an effort it attack democratic congressman gary pete who are is running against republican terri lynn land in the hotly contested senate race to replace retiring senator carl levin. americans for prosperity is coming off a million-dollar three-week spending spree against peters which is a lot of money to spend nine months before election day. of course, what they re trying to do here is tie gary peters to obamacare and make that the central issue of the campaign as they try to do in florida 13. soon after the ad came out,